The Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities (MESA) Partnership Programme is one of UNEP’s initiatives with universities to support the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD). MESA, which currently has a membership spanning over 85 universities in Africa, supports the mainstreaming of environment and sustainability concerns into teaching, research, community engagement and management of universities in Africa.

MESA Goal: "To promote integration of environment and sustainability concerns into teaching, research and community engagement and management of African universities, as well as to enhance student engagement and participation in sustainability activities both within and beyond universities".

MESA Theme: Enhancing the quality, policy, practice and relevance of university education in Africa in the context of environment, sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Regular seminars for students, university leaders and policy makers – platforms to report on and share ESD innovations associated with their respective university’s (research, teaching and community engagement);